STANDS the Mother more than beauteous Where her blessed Child is laid; In that stable, by that manger, Stands that raptured mother-maid. How she sings with joy ecstatic- Sings the pure and undefiled, Stainless, spotless, mother-virgin- Mother of the Only Child! Bind me close, and ever closer, To that Babe of Bethlehem. Virgin, of all virgins purest, Spotless, stainless, undefiled, Give me in my arms to clasp Him Let me kiss thy blessed Child.